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NOUN (2)

1. any address at which you dwell more than temporarily;
- Example: "a person can have several residences"
[syn: residence, abode]

2. housing that someone is living in;
- Example: "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"
- Example: "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"
[syn: dwelling, home, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Abode \A*bode"\, v. t. To bode; to foreshow. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Abode \A*bode"\, v. i. To be ominous. [Obs.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Abode \A*bode"\, pret. of Abide. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Abode \A*bode"\, n. [OE. abad, abood, fr. abiden to abide. See Abide. For the change of vowel, cf. abode, imp. of abide.] 1. Act of waiting; delay. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] And with her fled away without abode. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn. [1913 Webster] He waxeth at your abode here. --Fielding. [1913 Webster] 3. Place of continuance, or where one dwells; abiding place; residence; a dwelling; a habitation. [1913 Webster] Come, let me lead you to our poor abode. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Abode \A*bode"\, n. [See Bode, v. t.] An omen. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] High-thundering Juno's husband stirs my spirit with true abodes. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Abide \A*bide"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Abode, formerly Abid; p. pr. & vb. n. Abiding.] [AS. [=a]b[imac]dan; pref. [=a]- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + b[imac]dan to bide. See Bide.] 1. To wait; to pause; to delay. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place. [1913 Webster] Let the damsel abide with us a few days. --Gen. xxiv. 55. [1913 Webster] 3. To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain. [1913 Webster] Let every man abide in the same calling. --1 Cor. vii. 20. [1913 Webster] Followed by by: To abide by. (a) To stand to; to adhere; to maintain. [1913 Webster] The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what he said at first. --Fielding. [1913 Webster] (b) To acquiesce; to conform to; as, to abide by a decision or an award. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

abode n 1: any address at which you dwell more than temporarily; "a person can have several residences" [syn: residence, abode] 2: housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless" [syn: dwelling, home, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house]